Water-elevator.



s; E. ANKROM.

WATER ELEVATOR. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14,1910.

SOLOIVION E. ANKROIK, OF THGARTHUE, GHIO.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application filed January 14, 1910. Serial No. 538,019.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON E. AXKROAI, a citizen of the United States, residing at McArthur, in the county of Vinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ater-Elevators, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to water elevators, and more particularly to windlass elevators, the object being to provide a water elevator in which the chain is dispensed with and a belt or tape cable used in order to avoid the rusting of the chain which injures the water to a certain extent.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for tilting the bucket after the same has been raised over the discharge spout thereby overcoming the difficulties now existing of having to reach into the well casing and lift the bucket up in order to tilt the same.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a tilting means which also forms a trough so as to prevent any water from dripping back into the well, said trough being operated by the bucket through the medium of links and arms.

Another object of the invention is to provide tilting means which is exceedingly simple and cheap in construction, the parts being so arranged and connected together that they are not likely to get out of order in use thereby overcoming the disadvantages of devices of this character. heretofore used.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a water elevator which is arranged within a casing arranged on the platform of the well whereby the same can be readily placed in position or removed therefrom in order to reach the interior of the well for cleaning purposes.

With these various objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved water elevator, the casing being broken away so as to show the mechanism. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bucket raised into a tilted position in order to discharge the water into the discharge spout. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. l is a detail side elevation showing the pawl and ratchet mechanism for locking the winding shaft.

In carrying out my improved invention, I employ a casing A which is adapted to be arranged on a platform over the opening leading to the well, said casing being provided with a discharge spout B which extends out through the casing and is provided with an opening in its underside through which the water is adapted to pass into the receptacle to be filled. The discharge spout within the casing is provided with an open top and to the edge of the same is pivotally connected a trough C by a suitable hinge l) as clearly shown, which also forms a bottom for a portion of the discharge spout in order to prevent the same from becoming worn and said trough is provided with side flanges C and the edge projects over into the trough when raised into the position shown in Fig. 2 so that when the bucket of water is tilted by the trough the water will be carried out through the discharge spout without any danger of it passing back into the well.

Connected to the underside of the trough adjacent its connection with the discharge spout is a transverse bar E having outwardly and upwardly projecting arms E provided with'apertured ends to which are connected links F which are pivotally con nected at their free ends to the angled ends G of a cross bar G which is provided with a central enlarged portion having a slot G formed therein for the purpose hereinafter fully described. One of the links F is connected to an adjacentside of the casing A by a sectional link H formed of two sections pivotally connected together as shown at H so that the same can fold as clearly shown when raised and said sectional link forms a support for the trough to a certain extent and at the same time throws the links toward the discharge spout when the same is raised as will be hereinafter fully described. The pivoted trough is normally held in an inclined position by the sectional link H against the inside of the casing as clearly shown when the bucket is in a lowercd position in order that the bucket will be brought into engagement with the same in such a manner that when raised the trough will be thrown upwardly so as to tilt the bucket.

Mounted in the upper portion of the easit is a winding drum L carrying a cable let which is preterably termed of tape of woven fabric and y l l l l l l l l l l l l 1 connected to the lower end of the cable M i is a hook link It, the hook portion or which i is secured in the eye O of a bail O which is secured in cars P formed on the sides of the bucket Q and said link passes down through the opening G or the cross bar (1.

The cable 1? passes from the winding drun': ll over a pulley it mounted in a bracket in the upper portion of the casing and is held therein by a second pulley 5 so as to prevent the same from jumping out otthe groove of the pulley and said pulleys throw the cable forward so that when, the bucket is raised the bucket will be tilted upwardly as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of my improved water elevator is as follows: Supposing that the bucket has been lowered into the well and is full oi water, by operating the crank arm the winding drum will be caused to rotate so as to wind the cable thereon, which will draw the eye of the bail ol' the bucke' through t l opening oi the cross bar, and as the cable is drawn farther u 'iwardly the bar will be liil'ted with the bucket so as to draw the pivoted trough upwardly into an inclined position so as to tilt the bucket and it will be seen that the farther the cable is drawn upwardly the more the bucket will be tilted. After the water has been discharged out of the bucket by throwing the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet the bucket will drop back into the well ready to be retillcd. By connecting the link F carried by the trough to the casing by a sectional link the trough when in a dropped position will be held against the casing, and when ra' 'ed the link will told in such a, manner that the trough will be tilled and held. in that position.

lVhat it claim is 1. In a water elevator, the combination with av casing provided with a discharge spout, of a trough pivotally connected to said spout, links pivotally connected to said trough, a cross bar connected to said links,

a hinged sectional link connecting one of said links to said casing for holding said trough out of the path of the bucket and a cable carrying a bucket and passing through said cross bar and adapted to raise said trough when engaged by the hail of the bucket.

2. A water elevator comprising a casing having a discharge spout, a trough pivotally connected to the inner end of said spout, a cross bar provided with angled ends carried by said trough, links pivotally connected to the ends of said cross bar, a second cross bar pivotally connected to the free ends of said links having a central opening, a sectional link connecting one of said links to said casing, said link holding the trough against the casing when in a lowered position, a winding shaft arranged in the upper portion of said casing, a crank for operating said shaft, a pawl and ratchet mechanism for locking said shaft, a winding drum carried by said shaft, a cable carried by said winding drum and a bucket provided with a bail having an eye connected to the free end of said cable adapted to pass through the opening of said cross bar when drawn upwardly so as to tilt said trough and bucket.

3. A water elevator comprising a casing having a winding drum carrying a cable, said cable passing over the guide pulleys arranged within said casing, a hook link connected to the free end of said cable, a discharge spout arranged within said casing, a trough pivotally connected to said discharge spout having flanged side edges, links pivotally connected to said trough, a cross bar provided with a central opening connected to said links, a sectional hinged link connecting one of said links to said casing for holding said trough against the casing, a bucket provided with cars, a bail carried by said ears provided with a con tral eye, said cable passing through the opei'iing of said cross bar and having the hook link connected to the eye of the bail of the bucket, said eye being adapted to be drawn through the opening of said cross bar when said cable is wound upon the winding drum so as to raise said trough and tilt said bucket.

SOLOMON E. ANKROlli.

Viitnesses Lnnona M. HOLLAND, INA E. Trrrnr'r. 

